Monday November 20, 2006
Undercover cops in buses to check reckless driving
By MEERA VIJAYAN
JOHOR BARU: Express bus drivers who think they have a licence to speed should re-think. Undercover policemen will be travelling in their buses to monitor their driving.
Federal traffic chief Senior Asst Comm II Nooryah Mohamed Anvar said the unusual move was to prevent reckless bus drivers from endangering the lives of passengers.
It would be implemented in Ops Sikap XII during the Chinese New Year season.
SAC Nooryah said undercover policemen would travel as bus passengers from the point of departure to the destination. The buses would be selected at random.
“We hope this will reduce accidents involving express buses,” she said at a Hari Raya gathering at the Second Link Complex in Taman Perling yesterday.
SAC Nooryah also revealed that Ops Sikap XI was the first operation where Johor did not record any fatal accidents along its highways.
“I am satisfied with the cooperation between the traffic and auxiliary police, as well as PLUS highway personnel in ensuring that traffic along the highway proceeded smoothly,” she said.
She hoped that Johor would be an example to the other states.
All the 28 non-fatal accidents were along the North South Expressway from Air Hitam to Johor Baru as well as the Second Link highway.
According to SAC Nooryah, the strategies used proved to be effective as it had reduced the number of road deaths nationwide.
Ops Sikap XI recorded 228 deaths compared to 233 deaths recorded in the previous operation, reflecting a 2.2% decrease.
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